The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) unveiled last week the results of an exercise designed to offer alternatives to the Pentagon’s fiscal 2015 Budget and Quadrennial Defense Review. Teams of analysts from CSBA, the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)... Read Full Story
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The 2014 Air National Guard (ANG) Weapons Systems Modernization Priorities Book (Mod Book) was released today by the National Guard Bureau.
In December, warfighters from across the U.S. gathered in Tucson, Ariz., for the 32nd annual Weapons and Tactics Conference (WEPTAC). With Tucson being the home of the Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Command Test Center (AATC), the 162nd Fighter Wing... Read Full Story
The National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force released its findings to Congress and the president last week. To make a long story short, the Air National Guard has a good deal to be happy about.
After a year of interviews, site visits, data collection, analysis and hearings, the commission was able to reach several foundational conclusions, to include:
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Responding to remarks made by Gen. Raymond Odierno, the Army chief of staff, and a controversial plan to restructure Army aviation assets, a coalition of Democratic and Republican representatives spoke out last week against potential cuts to Army National Guard end strength and drastic restructuring of the Army Guard's helicopter fleet.
The bipartisan group, led by Rep. Scott Perry, R-... Read Full Story
House and Senate Appropriations Committee leadership unveiled Jan. 13 a $1.1 trillion funding bill for fiscal 2014 that includes all 12 appropriations bills. The House and Senate had previously approved their own versions of the defense and military construction funding bills. However, a budget resolution approved in December required additional cuts from earlier marks.
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